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Dear patient readers,
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real fog and stage fog — in comments. None of us need more cheerleading and link- free repetition of memes; there are platforms for that. Low-value, link-free pom pom-wavers will be summarily whacked.
And for those who are new here, this is not a mere polite request. We have written site Policies and those who comment have accepted those terms. To prevent having to resort to the nuclear option of shutting comments down entirely until more sanity prevails, as we did during the 2015 Greek bailout negotiations and shortly after the 2020 electionwe are going to be ruthless about moderating and blacklisting offenders.
–Yves
PS Also, before further stressing our already stressed moderators, read our site policies:
Please do not write us to ask why a comment has not appeared. We do not have the bandwidth to investigate and reply. Using the comments section to complain about moderation decisions/tripwires earns that commenter troll points. Please don’t do it. Those comments will also be removed if we encounter them.
PPS One of our mods is on holiday till the end of the month, so comment liberation may take longer than usual. We are very sorry! Please be patient.
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Too Specific and Too Vague London Review of Books
The New Neurasthenia The Baffler
Africa’s global biodiversity hotspot BBC
Weird Science Los Angeles Review of Books
Largest Aztec temple was decorated with over 100 starfish Ars Technica
Holy Roman Administrator Literary Review
May I Quote? Los Angeles Review of Books
Inside the plan to fix America’s never-ending cybersecurity failures MIT Technology Review
He Teaches Police “Witching” To Find Corpses. Experts Are Alarmed. Marshall Project
Indian farmers use tech solutions to keep away marauding monkeys Deutsche Welle
#COVID-19
Mask Producers Seeing Major Hit in Orders Look to Forge On as Mandates Ease Newsweek
Covid-19: States should focus on surveillance, says Rajesh Bhushan Telegraph India recognises that the pandemic persists:
The Union health ministry has asked the states to continue sending Covid-positive samples for sequencing and look out for clusters of infections amid the abated epidemic and the resumption of economic and social activities.
All the states should focus on “aggressive and sustained genome sequencing and intensified surveillance”, health secretary Rajesh Bhushan said in a note to all the states, citing the current resurgence of Covid-19 cases in parts of Southeast Asia and Europe.
How drug companies are sidestepping the WHO’s technology transfer hub in Africa The Conversation
New Not-So-Cold War
We Have Questions About Russia’s Claimed Kinzhal Hypersonic Missile Use In Ukraine (Updated) The Warzone
Was bombing of Mariupol theater staged by Ukrainian Azov extremists to trigger NATO intervention? Grayzone
Russia regroups for assault on Kyiv as it tightens grip on Mariupol FT
Deadly Strike on Ukraine Barracks Punctuates Russian Military Gains NYT
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Ukraine crisis: Japan and India press for peaceful solution based on international law scroll
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US Recklessly Eyes China as Target in Economic War Consortium News
Here comes China (and they don’t stop!) The Saker
China tries to stop questions about Ukraine stance by asking G20 not to discuss war South China Morning Post
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Biden’s war on the Russian economy is missing a key player Politico
China-Russia relations the most important strategic asset that cannot be damaged by US provocation Global Times
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Lose-Lose Trade Sanctions Project Syndicate
Mideast countries hedge bets on a war that isn’t theirs Asia Times
Africa mostly quiet amid widespread condemnation of Russia AP
Legitimate Energy Transactions Should Not Be Politicised: India on Russian Oil Imports The Wire
India’s parlays with Russia point to middle power pushback on Ukraine Responsible Statecraft
Khan duels with EU on Russia-Ukraine ‘neutrality’ Asia Times
Russia-Ukraine live news: Poland proposes EU-Moscow trade ban Al Jazeera
Democracy of convenience, not of choice: why is Eastern Europe different Global Inequality and More 3.0
When we say Kyiv is winning the information war, far too often we only mean information spaces we inhabit.
Pulling apart the most obvious RU info op to date (as we did using semantic modelling), very clear it is targeting BRICS, Africa, Asia. Not the West really at all. pic.twitter.com/GA5KUQo77S
— Carl Miller (@carljackmiller) March 18, 2022
“CIA officers are helping to ensure that crates of weapons are delivered into the hands of vetted Ukrainian military units, according to American officials.” https://t.co/g4O0LyBqDm
— Corey Pein ????? (@coreypein) March 19, 2022
“We are taxing a part of the extraordinary profits that producers have been made thanks to the higher cost of raw material, and we are redistributing these funds to companies and families which are struggling,” Draghi said. https://t.co/Y9Kr6hreJl
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) March 19, 2022
Climate Change
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Free-range eggs unavailable in Britain from Monday Guardian
Waste Watch
Rental Companies Will Not Fix Fashion’s Environmental Woes Treehugger
Groves of Academe
Why Are Scholars Such Snitches? Chronicle of Higher Education
New York cannabis regulations are in limbo. But the pot industry is booming on reservations. Politico
Class Warfare
‘Communities Should Not Pay Amazon. It Should Be the Other Way Around.’ Fair
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Planners Battle Over Marking US 250th Anniversary WSJ
Biden Administration
Republicans demand new probe into Hunter Biden laptop, coverup NY Post
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Chile
Gabriel Boric: “Democracy Is Built by All of Us Together” Jacobin. Translation of the inaugural address of Chile’s new socialist president.
India
Sedition then and now: Gandhi’s great trial 100 years on scroll
‘Caste Census Is A Nation-Building Exercise’ India Spend
India, Sri Lanka, and the Fishers Caught in the Middle The Diplomat
Food Safety Body’s Silence Leaves States Impotent Against Pan Masala Contamination The Wire
Japan to invest US$42B in India to strengthen economic ties, Kishida said in meeting with Modi South China Morning Post
THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE ACCIDENTAL INDIAN MISSILE LAUNCH War on the Rocks
The plot thickens Telegraph
Syraqistan
Months after assuming power, the Taliban is clueless about turning its militancy into political rule scroll
Starving a People, Committing a Genocide: Biden’s Sanctions on Afghanistan Counterpunch
Antidote du Jour (via):
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